Thursday, April 23, 2015

VATICAN MUSEUMS - APOSTOLIC VATICAN LIBRARY (second part)

1690 for
Alexander VIII Ottoboni (1689/91) to house the prestigious library of Queen
Christina of Sweden

“It is here
that between 1741 and 1747 were initially arranged the collections acquired by
Benedict XIV for the collections of the Museo Cristiano; and it is here that in
1749 an inscription still on the western side of the Galleria mentions what is
for the first time indicated by the name of 'Vatican Museum': a historical
museum 'of Christian scholarship' (as it was described by the academic
community on the eve of its Roman foundation), ANTIQUARIA SUPPELLECTILE
AMPLISSIME EXORNATO” (Guido Cornini)